chapter 42

Chilli POV

A tingerling sensation, makes my nerve endings wake up and come alive, way before I do, as I purr, still semy asleep as Elias pulls me close and into his arms. I snuggle in deeper to him under the duvet, purring in my limbo state of sleep, not quite awake but not completely asleep either. Until that is my phone deeps repeatedly at me, alerting me to messages, texts. Groaning as I reach for it, unwanting to open my eyes as my hand paws at the side table, blindly searching. Elias growls softly in my ear at my movement to retrieve my phone. Finally having it in hand, the screen lights up as I turn it towards me, the brightness hurting my unadjusted, tired eyes. I blink at the name shining back at me, somewhat in shock, Elias feeling this, nudges and kisses my shoulder,

"What hun?"

"Dad" I simply say, "a text, it's from my father, or at least his phone."

"Hu?" Elias lifts his head to look over my shoulder, confused and concerned by my words. "What?" I'm as confused as he is,